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They succeeded in acclimatizing the Indian potato to the French climate, but it is still a problem to acclimatize the French to the Indian potato!, plate 1 from La Société D'acclimatation
1858
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on buff wove paper, with letterpress verso
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.4 × 22.9 cm (7 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 33.2 cm (9 11/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- RX20769/2121
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. They succeeded in acclimatizing the Indian potato to the French climate, but it is still a problem to acclimatize the French to the Indian potato!, plate 1 from La Société D'acclimatation. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
They succeeded in acclimatizing the Indian potato to the French climate, but it is still a problem to acclimatize the French to the Indian potato!, plate 1 from La Société D'acclimatation — Honoré Daumier. 1858.
Medium: Lithograph in black on buff wove paper, with letterpress verso. Dimensions: Image: 19.4 × 22.9 cm (7 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 33.2 cm (9 11/16 × 13 1/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.